Little Shop of Hamsters by R. L. Stine

Author:R. L. Stine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

I frantically tried to brush myself off. But my jeans were totally covered in wood shavings and sticky hamster poop. My T-shirt sleeve was ripped. My shoes were covered in gunk.

“Mr. Fitz?” I called, my voice hoarse and trembling.

“He went back downstairs.” I turned and saw Lexi leaning on the front counter.

The hamster head lay on the counter next to her. She had a bottle of Vito-Vigor tilted to her mouth, and she was gulping down the whole bottle without taking a breath.

She finished the drink, then wiped her mouth with a furry costume paw. “It’s boiling in this costume!” she cried. “I need air-conditioning or something inside here!”

She set the empty bottle down behind the counter. Then she squinted at me. “Yuck. What happened to you?”

I shook my head. “I got dirty cleaning the cage,” I said. I didn’t want to tell her the truth. I wasn’t sure she’d believe me about the hamsters turning vicious!

“Sam, you’re a total mess,” Lexi said.

“Tell me about it,” I groaned. I decided to change the subject. “Did you bring in any customers?”

She sighed. “No. Some drivers honked at me. But nobody stopped. Some kids came walking by. But they said they didn’t want hamsters because they’re just rats without tails.”

Fitz stepped out from the basement doorway. He gazed into the cage and smiled. “Good job with the shavings, Sam,” he said.

“Uh … thanks.” Didn’t he see I was covered in scratches?

He checked his watch. “It’s getting late,” he said. “See you two after school tomorrow?”

“Excellent!” Lexi said.

I just wanted to get out of there and clear my head. I knew I had messed up.

It will all go back to normal tomorrow, I told myself.

I started out the front door — but turned back for a final glance at the cage.

The two hamsters were standing on their hind legs, noses pressed to the glass. Watching me.

Watching …

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